angrystego

Do you think Vance is going to be better?

See, god has total control, knows everything and is the ultimate good. Sounds like something that can't be true when the world is the way it is? Well, someone very clever has found the perfect solution that explains everything: God must be extremely stupid.

So what mistake did they make? I'm genuinely curious.

It's a pity that social policies are blamed for the fucked up history of the east instead of the real culprits - totalitarian regimes.

And it's important to understand that those can develope anywhere, no matter whether the country is more socialistic or capitalistic or religious.

That still seems like the end of NATO to me. No need to leave, just make it disfunctional.

To be fair, the fear of repeating the terrible wars that started in Europe was strong even after European countries recovered. I suppose it didn't look like the greatest idea to let Germany or anyone really to have a super strong army.

Managed to stop fascism? That was a collective effort, but ok. Stop totalitarian dictatorship? Not at all.

The bonds are deteriorating beyond repair. This won't be enough. Trump win will embolden the rising far right in EU countries. There's no good thing, I'm afraid. Sorry for my pessimism.

They're not. They're ready to screw themselves as well.

These things are all true. But the history tended to go the progress direction. Slavery was abolished, so was segregation, women got more and more of their rights. Things were gradually and often painfully getting better. Now it regresses.

Who's going to war with whom? To me it seems more likely that all the countries are going to embrace totality peacefully.

I can definitely detect the smell. I had to stop breathing to be able to put it in my mouth. But I liked the taste a lot - it reminded me of a high quality very creamy camembert, quite delicious. I then treated it like cheese - it goes well with red wine.